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CVE-2006-3005

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2006-06-13 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The JPEG library in media-libs/jpeg before 6b-r7 on Gentoo Linux is built without the -maxmem feature, which could allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted JPEG file that exceeds the intended memory limits.

Affected Platforms

Gentoo LinuxGentoo Media-Libs Jpeg

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References